Annex 2 - Conditions consistent with the Operating Schedule
1 Alcohol shall not be sold or supplied except during permitted hours as stated, plus:
On the following occasions the terminal hour may be extended by one hour: Easter Monday, May Day Monday, Spring Bank Monday, Summer Bank Monday, Christmas Eve, Boxing Day and New Year's Day.
On New Year’s Eve hours may be extended from the end of permitted hours on New Year’s Eve to the start of permitted hours on the following day (or if there are no permitted hours on the following day, midnight on 31st December).
The above restrictions do not prohibit:
i) During the first sixty minutes after the above hours the consumption of the alcohol on the premises;
ii) During the first sixty minutes after the above hours the consumption of the alcohol on the premises by persons taking meals there if the alcohol was supplied for consumption as ancillary to the meals;
iii) Consumption of the alcohol on the premises or the taking of sale or supply of alcohol to any person residing in the licensed premises;
iv) The sale of alcohol to a trader or club for the purposes of the trade or club;
v) The supply of alcohol for consumption on the premises to any private friends of a person residing there who are bona fide entertained by him at his own expense, or the consumption of alcohol by persons so supplied; or
vi) The supply of alcohol for consumption on the premises to person employed there for the purposes of business carried on by the holder of the licence, or the consumption of liquor so supplied, if the liquor is supplied at the expense of their employer or of the person carrying on or in charge of the business on the premises.
The following conditions apply in the First Floor Cafe Bistro:
a) Substantial refreshment to be available at all times the premises are open for trade.
b) The service of intoxicating liquor will only be to persons seated at a table by waiter / waitress service, however, the ordering and payment for alcohol may take place at the bar.
c) There will be drinks other than intoxicating liquor (including drinking water) available at all times the premises are open.
d) No off-sales.
The following conditions apply in the Basement Proprietary Club:
a) The sale of intoxicants shall be restricted to members and bona fide guests of members, particulars of any such guests having first been recorded in a book maintained for this purpose on the premises of the Club.
b) That no person be admitted to membership or the privileges of membership without two days elapsing between nomination and acceptance as members of the club, and that such members should be proposed and seconded for membership by other members of the club.
c) That on the premises there shall be kept a Register of all members of the club and the date upon which they became members.
d) That the particulars of any person ceasing to be a member shall be erased from the Register.
2 The maximum number of persons to be accommodated in the premises or in any particular part of the premises shall be 80.
3 The premises are operated in accordance with the principles outlined by the ‘Nightsafe’ Scheme, as are relevant to those premises, and indicated in the associated leaflet.
4 All staff to have received suitable training in relation to the proof of age scheme to be applied upon the premises. Records to evidence this will be made available to an authorised officer upon request.
5 Appropriate measures will be taken to ensure staff prevent the removal of bottles or glasses from the curtilage and grounds of the licensed premises.
6 Security arrangements are sufficient to discourage the sale and consumption of drugs and shall ensure such arrangements include regular checks of toilet areas.
7 Records of incidents involving the use and/or detection of drugs shall be maintained and those records shall be available for inspection.
8 Confiscated and found drugs shall be stored, disposed, transferred in accordance with procedures agreed with the Lancashire Constabulary.
9 During the final hour of daily trading appropriate announcements are made or images are projected to remind patrons of the need to leave the premises without causing annoyance, nuisance or disturbance to local residents and to advise patrons of any taxi free-phone or collection arrangements available upon the premises.
10 Frequent collection of glasses and bottles will be undertaken to ensure that empty containers do not accumulate in or around the licensed premises.
11 A CCTV system will be installed, maintained and operated to the reasonable satisfaction of Lancashire Constabulary. Public areas of the premises will be covered as will the main entrance doors.
i. Each camera will give an image which is regarded as identification standard in all lighting conditions.
ii. Recordings must display the correct time and date.
iii. System must record all hours the premises are open to the public
iv. Digital recordings are held for a minimum of 28 days and made available to police.
v. The system must as a minimum record images of the head and shoulders of a person entering the premises
vi. A member of staff will be able to show footage to Police within 48 hours of request with the minimum of delay.
vii. The licence holder will notify the police licensing unit when CCTV is to be inoperative for a period in excess of one working day when the premises are open.
12 Only toughened glasses are used to dispense beer to customers.
13 The Licensee shall ensure that the arrangement for the storage of empty bottles prevents unauthorised access to those bottles.
14 At least one personal licence holder will be available while the supply or sale of alcohol is being undertaken (whose identity will be known to all other staff engaged in the supply or sale of alcohol) except in the case of emergency.
15 Another member of staff shall be nominated to act for the Designated Premises Supervisor, in their absence, whose identity is known by all other staff when such absence occurs.
16 The Licence holder and the DPS shall erect and maintain signage (in a form approved by the Licensing Authority) on or adjacent to all staffed exits advising patrons of the street drinking order and the intention of door staff to enforce a 'no exit with a bottle' policy.
17 The premises shall maintain a drinks pricing policy which complies with any Local Authority resolution made in accordance with approval from the Licensees Forum or any successor liaison body recognised by the Licensing Authority.
18 No patrons shall remain on the licensed premises (except during 'drinking up' time) following the termination of licensable activity.
19 A clear, legible and conspicuous notice requesting patrons to avoid causing noise, nuisance or disturbance to local residents shall be displayed at every exit.
20 The Licensee shall ensure that staff arriving before 0900 or departing late at night when the business has ceased teading conduct themselves in such a manner to avoid disturbances to nearby residents.
21 The placing of refuse, such as bottles, into receptacles outside the premises shall not take place between 2200 and 0900 so as to prevent disturbance to nearby premises.
22 The Licensee shall ensure that noise or vibration shall not emanate from outside the premises such as to cause persons in the neighbourhood to be disturbed. To this end sound insulation shall be provided and regard must be had to the ventilation requirements for the premises. All sound insulation shall be installed to the satisfaction of the Council.
23 The Licensee shall ensure that the ventilation to the premises is maintained to satisfy the appropriate Building Regulations.
24 The Licensee shall ensure free cold drinking water is available on request and shall have adequate supplies of chilled soft drinks and bottled water available for sale at the bars.
25 Accompanied children will only be allowed to remain in the cafe / bistro between the hours of 0900 and midnight.
26 The Licence Holder shall not permit the admission of persons under 18 years of age after midnight with the exception of on the Friday to Monday of Easter, May, Spring and August Bank Holiday weekends, Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Eve when they will be permitted until 01.00 hours.
27 Children must be accompanied by a responsible adult at all times when in the club area and bar area.
28 Large female or all male groups such as stag and hen groups shall not be permitted to enter the club area.
29 The licence holder shall erect and maintain a sufficient number of signs at each bar or alcohol sales point informing customers that sales will not be made to persons under 18 years of age.
30 The Licence holder is to support and rigorously enforce the Challenge 21 proof of age policy.
Any person who looks or appears to be under the age of 21 shall be asked to provide identification that they are over the age of 18. The following are the only forms of identification acceptable:
i. UK photo driving licence
ii. Passport
iii. Proof of Age Standards Scheme Card
31 No entertainment of an adult nature will take place when children are on the premises.